Problems with Graphics and a Timer...

Question

Alright so what I'm trying to do is when my character attacks (after the user pushes the ctrl button) I want the attack sprite to show, along with a simple slash graphic, then after less than a second I want the graphic gone and the sprite to return to standing mode. the problem is that it doesn't return, it just stays with the graphic and the attack sprite until the user moves.
here's the attack sub
        public void attack(){
                at=true;
                udchar(3,"attack1");
          sleep(300);
          repaint();
        }here's my sleep sub
        public void sleep(long l){
                try{
                        Thread.sleep(l);
                catch(InterruptedException e){
                        return;
        }and here's my paint sub
        public void paint(Graphics g){
                bufferGraphics.drawImage(background,0,0,10000,600,this);
                bufferGraphics.drawImage(sidebar,720,0,200,600,this);
                bufferGraphics.drawImage(chara,px,py,128,128,this);
                bufferGraphics.drawImage(sworda,px,py,128,128,this);
                bufferGraphics.drawImage(hi,6,507,96,96,this);
                bufferGraphics.drawImage(li,200,507,96,96,this);
                bufferGraphics.drawImage(mi,394,507,96,96,this);
                if(at==true){
                        if(dir.equals("right"))
                                bufferGraphics.drawImage(slice,px+100,py+20,128,128,this);
                        else
                                bufferGraphics.drawImage(slice,px-100,py+20,128,128,this);
                        at=false;
                g.drawImage(offscreen,0,0,this);
        }Help would be much appreciated. I'm not sure if I need to include any other parts of my code or not. If I do just let me know and I'll post that part of the code when I get home from work. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

There are a variety of Graphics forums that can provide the specialized help you need though, such as Java2d and Java3d, about 1/3 of the way down the forum list.